Yeah, I know he's terrible at them, but I didn't think it was that bad. You'd think that Bale would be the one to take them at Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Performances (wums will be thread banned)
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Nani's scored a few for Fenerbahce as well so Ronaldo shouldn't be taking them at club or international level really.
I'm sure Ronaldo wouldn't mind if Nani scored the goal, wouldn't you be upset if a ball was coming onto your volley and someone in front of you doesn't realise it and heads the ball elsewhere when it could've been a clear chance to score a goal.
Exactly.
I always fail to understand why people think they know how a player gets on with the rest of the team, based on the 90 minute match, and not seeing all the time they spend together training and travelling. If you look at any of those pics or videos, it seems as though they get on just fine.
Fair enough, but given the game he was having he should have understood that maybe his teammates are deserving to take those kinds of shots too. Especially when he had a number of clear chances all game, yet couldn't bury any.
Didn't Ronaldo get in a hissy fit when Bale got in front of Ronaldo to score a goal instead of him?
Edit: It was Morata
Edit: It was Morata
I still remember this
In defense of Ronaldo, maybe he knew Higuain would miss that one.
In defense of Ronaldo, maybe he knew Higuain would miss that one.
Just what I can't stand about the guy anymore.
He's just a numbers man. Yes he wants to win, but he wants to do it all himself at the same time.
He's just a numbers man. Yes he wants to win, but he wants to do it all himself at the same time.
Don't think he would be content with someone shooting from harder position when he could shoot from an easier position despite him having an awful game, if he'd have that kind of mentality he wouldn't be what he is today.
If only England had one of those awful players who only scored goals.
Honestly, you do realize that the point of the game is to score more goals that your opponent? It's not a moral failure to try and do that.
Honestly, you do realize that the point of the game is to score more goals that your opponent? It's not a moral failure to try and do that.
Despite being a Man Utd fan and loving Ronaldo for his time here, the man infuriates me.
Football is a team game and everything about Ronaldo atm seems a desperate attempt at cementing his legacy. Everything from that ridiculous celebration which I see kids copying these days to taking and wasting every free kick.
Portugal looked awful in the first game but they have a nice balance in their side and, ironically, where they look weakest is up top. If the name of the back of his shirt had not been 'Ronaldo' he would have been subbed. Part of growing as a player is accepting your limitations and he doesn't seem to get that he is past his prime. Everything must go through him and you can still see he struggles when other people score.
Would love to see him stripped of the captaincy and told to be a team player or piss off. Will never happen but a boy can dream.
Football is a team game and everything about Ronaldo atm seems a desperate attempt at cementing his legacy. Everything from that ridiculous celebration which I see kids copying these days to taking and wasting every free kick.
Portugal looked awful in the first game but they have a nice balance in their side and, ironically, where they look weakest is up top. If the name of the back of his shirt had not been 'Ronaldo' he would have been subbed. Part of growing as a player is accepting your limitations and he doesn't seem to get that he is past his prime. Everything must go through him and you can still see he struggles when other people score.
Would love to see him stripped of the captaincy and told to be a team player or piss off. Will never happen but a boy can dream.
The funniest part is Ronaldo waving his arm in agitation just after the chance is missed
Maybe, but imagine how special a player is when he has just scored 50+ goals and won the CL despite being past his prime. How many other players in history have done it? Zero, you say? Exactly.
One must be thick as pig to not realise that he helps Portugal a lot and that his alternative up front has scored 0 goals in 15 apps for Swansea. Please, don't let the facts interfere with your reasoning though. All these criticisms are fairly amusing.
He really should stop them copying him.
If how he celebrates scoring a goal annoys you, then probably best you avoid watching highlights of his games.
Doesn't annoy me in the slightest, although I would prefer a Robbie Keane all day long. Maybe wasn't clear - I mean he has created and persisted with the celebration (which I think looks ridiculous but maybe you don't) to be part of his legacy, there is nothing fun or natural about it. Kids copying the best players is normal, I used to do the same. Maybe that single selfish focus is what you need to be the best - although Messi seems to be a massive team player and still gets the 'stats'
But you are agreeing with me? My point: Ronaldo is past his prime....you are saying the same...
Please read the comment before replying. At no point do I say anything against his record - he is a legend of the game. He has however become very very wasteful from freekicks - as someone said above, his shooting stats (in open play as well) at the euros are the worst of any player. If he was on form my point would be moot but he is obviously not on form, a fact agreed upon by every media outlet at the moment.
No doubt he is a class act but he is a) past his prime b)has been poor at the Euros and c) one must be thick as a pig not to realise he is a selfish player (I feel I need point out to you that this doesn't mean he is a bad player)
And that's why he's acting like a cnut? Only Ronaldo fanboys can't see how poor an annoying he's become. He's exactly the type we all hated when we played football, isn't he? I don't care about his 30 tap-ins he has in a season.
Try 50..
Obviously he has declined slightly, but to say that he's poor is just pure hyperbole.
Ronaldo's been playing like this since about 2008. Why do people pretend we're seeing a completely different player all of a sudden? He lost his blistering pace several years ago so he reinvented himself as a poacher.
He was never a top tier playmaker or dribbler.
He was never a top tier playmaker or dribbler.
It was in the last two or three years that he started to lose his pace. He started to dribble less around the time Mourinho took over Madrid, but that had nothing to do with him losing pace. In his first season at Madrid he was great to watch and scored lots of excellent and exciting goals (both from long range and goals that came from dribbles).
This is a video of his first season at Madrid.
Once Mourinho came to the club (the 10/11 season) it was all about efficiency and Ronaldo reduced the amount he took on players, perhaps in a bid to lessen the strain on his body so that he was able to play more matches throughout the season (when Mourinho came to the club the number of matches Madrid played in a season increased greatly due to Madrid going much further in both the CL and the Copa) as well as Madrid playing very fast, counter-attacking football under Mourinho and he probably wanted players to release the ball quickly rather than attempt to take on other players so as to not slow down the counter-attacks. After Mourinho took over, he has still produced lots of moments of individual brilliance, but not as much as he used to due to him changing his game. That said, if he continued to play like he did in 09/10 and did not change his game, I do not think he would still be playing at a very high level like he currently is. I do not think his body would have lasted as long if he kept playing that way.
It's the media hype that has people believing he somehow can't translate his Madrid form to Portugal. Last night was a vintage CR performance without the extra chances that Madrid create for him. He has never been an effecient finisher and is a volume goal scorer.
And he's being criticized because he isn't even doing that
And he's being criticized because he isn't even doing that
It happens. No striker is having an outstanding Euros.
Yeah, I know, just saying that's why he's getting criticized for his performances and how he's acting.
How many strikers have had as many chances as Ronaldo? His effeciency in front of goal has never been anything to shout about. Needs more shots than any of the top goal scorers to score. The difference between his form for club and country is the volume of chances. His finishing isn't any different.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...irl-revealed-as-colombian-model-paula-suarez/
https://www.instagram.com/paulasuarezg/?hl=en
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...Nathaniel-Clyne-Kyle-Walker-Cristiano-Ronaldo
TBF he's scoring off the field alright ! I bet he can't wait until he gets back on holiday to tap that ass again !
In all seriousness, him just playing for Portugal means more space for other Portuguese players, so he has helped Portugal reach the semi-finals even if he isn't the star turn.
https://www.instagram.com/paulasuarezg/?hl=en
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...Nathaniel-Clyne-Kyle-Walker-Cristiano-Ronaldo
TBF he's scoring off the field alright !
I bet he can't wait until he gets back on holiday to tap that ass again ! In all seriousness, him just playing for Portugal means more space for other Portuguese players, so he has helped Portugal reach the semi-finals even if he isn't the star turn.
Is it just me or is that sentence very contrasting?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...irl-revealed-as-colombian-model-paula-suarez/
https://www.instagram.com/paulasuarezg/?hl=en
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...Nathaniel-Clyne-Kyle-Walker-Cristiano-Ronaldo
TBF he's scoring off the field alright !
In all seriousness, him just playing for Portugal means more space for other Portuguese players, so he has helped Portugal reach the semi-finals even if he isn't the star turn.
Oh yes
You guys watch nba. Cristiano reminds me a ton of Russ westbrook. Attack attack attack... Has good assists numbers, but isn't really a good passer nor has good vision. OVerall selfish player too...
Cristiano peaked the year before he left you guys imo... He might of scored more goals at madrid, but overall as a player, he was brilliant and fantastic as a united player moreso than a madrid player.
It's the media that is blinding people to think that Ronnie is anywhere near messi as a player just to bring in more money for themselves.
Cristiano peaked the year before he left you guys imo... He might of scored more goals at madrid, but overall as a player, he was brilliant and fantastic as a united player moreso than a madrid player.
It's the media that is blinding people to think that Ronnie is anywhere near messi as a player just to bring in more money for themselves.
That 09/10 season was a complete anomaly. Everything he touched turned to gold that year, even his freekicks were lethal during that time period. That Madrid with Guti, Higuain, VDV, Kaka was indeed fun to watch even with the infamous bottlejobs that season.
But yeah you're right. That year aside he's reverted to the efficient poacher/finisher we've seen since the season he won his first Balon D'or at United.
You make it sound like he could not have continued doing the incredible things he did in 09/10. Of course he could have, if Mourinho did not have him change the way he played. His free-kicks were lethal after that season as well. He scored 6 the following season (10/11) too, and 4 in 11/12. In November 2013, I remember reading that he was the player with the most free-kicks in the last 5 La Liga seasons with 15 goals from free-kicks and that the player with the closest amount in the same time period had 8. It also stated that at the time he was the player with the most free-kick goals in the CL over the last 5 seasons too with 6 goals from free-kicks and that the players with the closest amount in that time period had 2. He is crap at free-kicks now, but he used to be excellent at them.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...irl-revealed-as-colombian-model-paula-suarez/
https://www.instagram.com/paulasuarezg/?hl=en
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...Nathaniel-Clyne-Kyle-Walker-Cristiano-Ronaldo
TBF he's scoring off the field alright !
In all seriousness, him just playing for Portugal means more space for other Portuguese players, so he has helped Portugal reach the semi-finals even if he isn't the star turn.
Badr Hari wont be happy.
Good call. I have the general impression that in basketball the public discussion (media & fans) about the relation between individual and team aspects is more advanced. In football there is a greater tendency to look at player performances in a purely isolated way and also to view players as specialists for one task only.
For example, the theory of a "ball hog" is great. When used in an analytical and not spiteful way, it helps to understand how Ronaldo can be the most important player of his team and a hindrance at the same time.
@Treble I get where you come from when you defend Ronaldo and try to highlight positive aspects that often get denied. Many people just dislike him and his antics and treat him in an unfair way because of that. The thing for me is, he's a contradictory player to an extent I have rarely seen (if ever). Truly awesome in some aspects, amazingly inconsistent in others. I don't think I have ever come across a player who can be so phenomenal and so frustrating at the same time.
That seems to be a major factor why so many people adore/dismiss him without much middle ground and everybody is kind of right (except for the complete tools, of course).
That would be the same you-know-who who's ripped European teams to shreds during many World Cups?
Oh wait...
He could well win the tournament despite being awful apart from one half. Amazing really. He must be chuffed to bits with the draw he's got in both the CL and Euros this year. Portugal have a real shot of winning this. They are always in semis anyway but this time it's Wales who stand on their way. Perfect chance for Ronaldo to change opinions on his tournament.
If he wins this tournament with Portugal, does he rise above Messi as the best player of this generation?
No, of course not.
Of course not.
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